Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-06
TALK WITH POWDERLY.
Views af tho Great Lsbnr Leader-He
Does Not Care 60 Express
an opinion
On the Attempt of the Radicals to Depose
Him-The Knights of Labor
Growing,
Chic9gO Herald.

lew persons, ard enterpci6ing reporters
were put to their mettle 20 find tire dis
jingElsled traveller, even after Il became
known thst he had arrived from the east
and YVES waiting Tor train 30 50 to MIN
ueG polls.
81 had made I'D my mind not to be in
terYiewed," said he to the Herald report
er, ''but do admire persistence, and ii
you will ask your questions pointedly
| viii endeavur 10 answer them. There, |
knew you would touch on the anarchist
question, and l positively viii not speak
90 the public s50ut this redics- move
ment"
"But it hGs been said on good authority
that the radical element contemplated
ne overthrow CT You AID ycur MEAS
ures"
"Oh, yes; 1 heye read Of that myself,
but whatever I have to say in the matter
must be said in the convention with
closed doors"
"Then this subject will be brought up
at the convention and you viii speak
upon it?''
az Shall certainly speak upon every
subj that IS for the good OF the reform
lAbUr movement. It II is best thai I
should give nay views regarding Whist Is
known es the radical part OF the labor
movement l shall 60 so, and lay before the
convention the most practicable measures
to insure success. :"
alt is reported fvom New York almost
dai y that the KING cts Of Labor organiza-
ton is growing weaker. Is this LIue or
is it n0t?"
~ was never more hopeful IL my life"
"But it is true th2G there are many
branches to the labor movement, and is
not thls internal Cissolution?"
"On She cOntry, these branches rs you
call them ere only an evidence of nesithy
growth. There IS nothing that remains
perfectly quiet except g corpse, aud
Ike TO see the men wno are engaged in
labor reform have diversified opinions.
II shows that they are thinking, ard God
speed Inc time when all rGn will think.
Now, mark my words, for an Speaking
with some knowledge Of the subject we
aTe dealing with: The time Will Gene
when Gil these several divisions Of the
| ?abor n 0yement will unite and we will
have one grand reform organization. l
do not say that | an right in everything,
and on the contrary | must confess that |
| om TOO often wrong, but two iactlOns OF
| the IsbOT movement will come together,
and then as reasonable men they will
egadicste the impractical features so that
the rest Of both will be welded together.
Alter this g third faction will come, and
| so on unil harmonious understanding
| is arrived at. Che best Of all will be
chosen, ard perfect fabric will be the
result. There WAS @ time il n1Y OWE
recollection when az Eugl!shmsn and IN
IrlShmsn could rot sit in the same room
without fighting the battles begun 700
Years before across the water, but that
time has gone"
"D0 you expect that the convention at
Minneapolis VIII pass CT smoothly"
"NOt at al; sad DOM want it to be so.
If L should pass off smoothly | would be
discouraged, for | want 10 hear the most
marked differences of opinions. / want
every man there to have an opinion OF hisa
own, and then our movement is prospersa
Gus. Referring back TO question yeG
asked me before, about the strength Of
the Knights CT Labor now as compared
with that Of q previous time. want TO
say that it is no doubt true that our num-
| oers are fewer than they once were, but
We understand escn ether better. There
were great many who came Into the or
der through curiosity ard the excitement
II the times, but they did not have the in
terest Of the movement at heart Gnd have
| dropped out"
"Have you anything to say about the
verdict in the Anarchist Case?"
81 will talk about anything else, but
| decline to express s. public opinion on
that 9uhiGct | have been charged by
some with being too radical, while others
have said that | wGs too conservative,
end still others affirm that an NOT con-
SENTATIVE enough, SO will try and follow
what tdink'to be right, and not try to
suit every bOdY,"
now SPOUT the political issue in 1885,?
Can you prophecy results & year head?"
ono, the political issue on the Pre5i-
Dental question is beyond ICY prophecies.
II was stated n & New York paper That
WG5 TO stump the state OF New York
AGAINST Blaine, aud the same paper also
stated that | Ra5 TO take up arms against
Cleveland. AS both OF these statements
appeared IN the same paper you can judge
Of their value"
600 you not advocate that ii is the
duty Of every knight OF L2boG to study
:he politics of the country?''
az certainly do, but on the question OF
politics / hold that the great mass Of
working people are 8li wrong. They look
too high. Ii the fi7s. pl1ce they VISA 10
reach The top CT the ladder at bound
when experience teaches that this il folly.
This is the most serious question with
which We have to deal. l advocate uoE'
snd always have thai 1t is the smsli LEGAL
offices that should be looked Gfter with
an etefnsl vigilance. Lea me elect the
assessor aud care not who elects the
: president. Il is this principle that l wish
20 lnculcste IN the minds of al working
men-tbht they should attend to theil
lccsl politics, and the offsirs OF state viii
lake care OF themselves. Ii ;his can be
accomplished, and 1 hsve 10 douo. il
can, then the labor movement will have
reached p0ist where its foundation is
secure. | an Christian enough to believe
; that the hsGd Of God directs the destiny
OF 3he working msn, and. az, willing tc
place the future il His bands"
81 Piemstusfs decline M manly